Violett Beane

American sweetheart and rising actress, Violett Beane, and Jute Magazine had a little chat about her career, private life, and vegan brownies. If you want to learn more about the truly charming “Truth or Dare” actress keep on reading:

Hi Violett, thank you so much for making time for us! How are you doing? And what are you up to these days?

I’m great! I’m keeping busy with shooting the first season of “God Friended Me” in New York and looking forward to taking a break to travel during the holidays.

What are your current projects and what are you working on?

I am currently working on the CBS series “God Friended Me” and it is about an atheist who gets friended by someone calling themselves God on Facebook. He ignores the request because he doesn’t believe in God and he thinks someone is messing with him. Eventually, he accepts it and he starts getting these friend suggestions for people. He sort of ends up being a change in their lives. I play Cara Bloom, who is an online journalist and she ends up being one of the friend suggestions that Miles gets. In the pilot, you see that she struggles with the fact that her mother left when she was really young. She came to New York in search of her and she’s actually found her, but she doesn’t really know how to take the next step. That’s when Miles and the God account enter. She then decides to stick around after they’ve helped her and try to solve the mystery that is the God account.

What are you like in your free time? Who is Violett as a private person?

I am pretty active. I love to bake and create yummy vegan recipes or I go out and discover new vegan restaurants in New York. When I have enough days off, I always try to travel to a new place. Most recently, I went to Iceland. My boyfriend and I rented a car in the capital, Reykjavik. Then we drove it down the south coast for like a week. That was magical. Before that I went to Thailand, which was probably my favorite so far. I could eat curry for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!

How and when did you start acting?

I started acting when I was in High School. I went to a performing arts school and I auditioned for all the plays and was in almost all of them. So, I knew I loved acting. When it came to senior year, I realized I didn’t really want to go to college necessarily at that point in time. So, I found a local agent in Austin, Texas, which is where I’m from, and just started sending in taped auditions for film and television. It started taking off and I ended up moving to Los Angeles.

Who are you looking up to? Who’s your inspiration?

In life, my mother. She’s an amazing woman. Acting wise, Tatiana Maslany. It would be a dream to work with her someday.

Do you have a morning routine?

On days I’m working, my pickup time can be as early as 3:45AM. So, on those days, I plan my morning to be as quick as possible and I’ve gotten it down to 11 minutes if I shower the night before. Pretty impressive, huh? On the weekends, I love to take it slow, so I usually make some coffee and hang on the couch with my pup and bunny.

Are you a morning or an evening person?

I’m definitely more of an evening person. I prefer running errands and going to the gym at the end of the day rather than using all of my energy up for the day.

Is there a broadcast/ book etc. you absolutely love right now?

The show “Killing Eve”! I’m obsessed and can’t wait for season 2.

What do you think about fashion and how would you describe your personal style?

I love fashion. It’s so expressive. My personal style is a combination of comfort and chic with a dash of vintage oddity. I love a good pair of thrift store jeans paired with a couture sweater.

When you’re reading a new script for a role, what are you looking for? What does it need to have so you’re interested?

I’m looking for something new. Honestly, I read so many scripts where either the story is redundant or I’ve seen the character over and over, especially when it comes to the female ingenue. I’m looking for something exciting, different and fun.

Are you more an introvert or an extrovert? And how does it make itself noticeable?

If I had to choose, I would say extrovert. I like talking to people and swapping stories, but sometimes, I like to just hang back and observe the room. When I’m comfortable with a group of people, my bad jokes start coming out. I pretty much say every joke that comes to my mind and only about half of them are actually funny.

What’s some really good advice you’ve gotten and what’s a piece of advice you would give?

Be yourself always and just keep doing what you love.

Apart from acting, is there something else that you would like to do?

Open a vegan bakery one day. I would love to create different vegan gluten-free donuts, cookies, brownies. You name it!

What would you say is the best thing about being an actress?

Being able to do different characters that challenge me. I would love to do a period piece like something from 1600s and super-Victorian at some point. I think it would be interesting to learn the dialogue and speech since they spoke so differently then.